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1 elbow
['elbəu] 1. noun(the joint where the arm bends: He leant forward on his elbows.) alkūnė2. verb(to push with the elbow: He elbowed his way through the crowd.) stumtis alkūnėmis- at one's elbow -
2 at one's elbow
(close to one: The journalist always works with a dictionary at his elbow.) po ranka -
3 nudge
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4 stick
I [stik] past tense, past participle - stuck; verb1) (to push (something sharp or pointed) into or through something: She stuck a pin through the papers to hold them together; Stop sticking your elbow into me!) (į)smeigti, (per)durti2) ((of something pointed) to be pushed into or through something: Two arrows were sticking in his back.) kyšoti3) (to fasten or be fastened (by glue, gum etc): He licked the flap of the envelope and stuck it down; These labels don't stick very well; He stuck (the broken pieces of) the vase together again; His brothers used to call him Bonzo and the name has stuck.) klijuoti(s), priklijuoti, suklijuoti, prilipti4) (to (cause to) become fixed and unable to move or progress: The car stuck in the mud; The cupboard door has stuck; I'll help you with your arithmetic if you're stuck.) įstrigti, užsikirsti, įklimpti•- sticker- sticky
- stickily
- stickiness
- sticking-plaster
- stick-in-the-mud
- come to a sticky end
- stick at
- stick by
- stick it out
- stick out
- stick one's neck out
- stick to/with
- stick together
- stick up for II [stik] noun1) (a branch or twig from a tree: They were sent to find sticks for firewood.) pagalys, šakalys2) (a long thin piece of wood etc shaped for a special purpose: She always walks with a stick nowadays; a walking-stick / hockey-stick; a drumstick.) lazda, lazdelė3) (a long piece: a stick of rhubarb.) lazda, stiebas•- get hold of the wrong end of the stick- get the wrong end of the stick -
5 dig
[diɡ] 1. present participle - digging; verb1) (to turn up (earth) with a spade etc: to dig the garden.) kasti2) (to make (a hole) in this way: The child dug a tunnel in the sand.) (iš)kasti3) (to poke: He dug his brother in the ribs with his elbow.) smeigti, besti2. noun(a poke: a dig in the ribs; I knew that his remarks about women drivers were a dig at me (= a joke directed at me).) niuksas, įgėlimas- digger- dig out
- dig up -
6 hook
[huk] 1. noun1) (a small piece of metal shaped like a J fixed at the end of a fishing-line used for catching fish etc: a fish-hook.) kabliukas2) (a bent piece of metal etc used for hanging coats, cups etc on, or a smaller one sewn on to a garment, for fastening it: Hang your jacket on that hook behind the door; hooks and eyes.) kablys, kabliukas3) (in boxing, a kind of punch with the elbow bent: a left hook.) trumpas šoninis smūgis2. verb1) (to catch (a fish etc) with a hook: He hooked a large salmon.) pagauti2) (to fasten or to be fastened by a hook or hooks: He hooked the ladder on (to the branch); This bit hooks on to that bit; Could you hook my dress up down the back?) prikabinti, susegti3) (in golf, to hit (the ball) far to the left of where it should be (or to the right if one is left-handed).) atmušti (kamuoliuką) į kairę/dešinę•- hooked- by hook or by crook
- off the hook -
7 jab
[‹æb] 1. past tense, past participle - jabbed; verb(to poke or prod: He jabbed me in the ribs with his elbow; She jabbed the needle into her finger.) durti, smeigti2. noun(a sudden hard poke or prod: He gave me a jab with his finger; a jab of pain.) dūris, smeigimas -
8 poke
[pəuk] 1. verb1) (to push something into; to prod: He poked a stick into the hole; He poked her in the ribs with his elbow.) (pa)stumti, kumštelėti2) (to make (a hole) by doing this: She poked a hole in the sand with her finger.) išdurti3) (to (cause to) protrude or project: She poked her head in at the window; His foot was poking out of the blankets.) (iš)kišti, kyšoti2. noun(an act of poking; a prod or nudge: He gave me a poke in the arm.) kumštelėjimas, niuksas- poker- poky
- pokey
- poke about/around
- poke fun at
- poke one's nose into
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